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Evening Star, Issue 4066, 8 March 1876, Page 2

Advices from Taranaki state that the Steel Company’s Works are all but coinEleted, and that smelting operations are to e begun in a week or ten days hence.

A cablegram has been received by Messrs Fulton and Co. that the Easby left Sydney on the 7th inst. Her route is not stated, but it is presumed she will, as usual, first touch at Wellington. We are getting tired of chronicling earthquake shocks at Oamaru. There were two more on Monday—one at 10.10 a.m., the other between 1 and 2 p.m., and last night a slight shock was experienced. Mr C. R. Carter, who at one time represented Wairarapa in the General Assembly, and was recently connected with the New Zealand Immigration Department at Home, arrived at Wellington from England-last week.

The 300 yards foot-race for LlO a-side between Davis, of Wilsoja’s Circus, and J. Murdoch came-off this morning bn the permanent way of the Ocean Beach Railway. The pistol only snapped? at the first attempt, but Davis went the distance and claimed the money. However, this claim was waived, and a proper start effected. • Both men got well away together, but the race was soon over, Davis going to the front' and winning with the greatest ease by a dozen lengths. The time was 35secs. A schoolmaster in Auckland has been fined 20s and costs for caning a boy who came to the door and interrupted the business of the school, and afterwards threw stones. The master was irritated, and succeeded in capturing him, when he commenced biting and kicking, conduct which was put a stop to by his being carried into the school, where a severe castigation was inflicted. It served the young scoundrel right, and the magistrate who fined the master simply encouraged larrikinism. Not long since the Ashley (Canterbury) Road Board, in solemn conclave, committed itself to the opinion that “the Colony will bo best served by the creation of a Provincial Board of Works within each Provincial district in lieu of the proposed division of the districts into shires and forwarded copies of these resolutions to the various Road Boards and Municipalities in the Province, at the same time inviting the opinion of those bodies. The Timaru Borough Council makes the following answer:—“ This Council have expressed its opinion unanimously as follows; ‘ That the only local Government required in the meantime -is that ‘■which could be exorcised by Municipalities and Road Boards. That from the experience of the Timaru Borough Council and the working of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works, they strongly oppose any Provincial Board of Works, as being cumbrous, expensive, and would be found a useless piece of machinery.’ ”

Glenore tunnel of theTokomariroand . " Bailway 33 expected tobethrough add the-line to the Round Hm? should be open in three or •■ four months,

..J* b?yxUg evidence m'the Admiralty Court to-da.y in the Taiaroa salvage case one wit-' ness deposed that he recognised the captain as being the best-dressed man in the vessel. On being shown the chart of Dog Island the same witness complained of the smallness of its tail, whereupon he was told by counsel that it was possibly only a puppy. The tender of Mr J. B. Blair, of the JLaien, for contract No. 3 of the Winton and Kingston Railway, for L 13.679 7s 6d, has been accepted. This is the last section of the \V mton and Kingston line, eighteen and a naif miles m length, extending from Athol to Kingston. The tender of Mr Peter Gunn, ■~? r L3lO, .for a station-master’s house at Greytown, has been accepted. Tenders for the new telegraph station at Dunedin are also in, but no one has yet been accepted. Wilson’s Palace Circus was filled in all parts last evening, when some novelties were introduced. Principal among these was the double-hurdle act by Messrs Shields and Lee. Mr Morgan went through his equestnan performances in a dashing style; and Mr Shield’s someraiult act was well received. The performance concluded with an equestrian exhibition, descriptive of the sports in the Home country at Christmastide. The troupe leave for Sydney on Saturday, A light charge-sheet constituted the busiPolice Court this morning. vVilliam Galvin, John Crawford, and James Brown were each fined in the minimum penalty for drunkenness. Michael Kenny and Isabella, bis wife, who bore a child in her arms, were jointly charged with having no lawful means of support. They were discharged from gaol on the previous day, and at night time were found sleeping under Bell Hill. The Benevolent Asylum authorities having promised to look after them, they were discharged. Mr V. Pyke and Dr. Niven presided.

At Christchurch the match England v. the Colonies had a closer finish than anyone could have, anticipated. •On Saturday, when the game was resumed, the Colonies had only eighteen runs to get with eight wickets, but it took them ml their time to obtain the required number, which they did at the expense of seven wickets. Married v. Single is the match now being played. The bachelors have not yet been disposed of, and they are credited with 193, with the loss of five wickets. Leach made 28, H. W. Moore, 38; Neilson (not out), 39; Ashby’ 18; J, Fowler, 20*; and Barker (not out),

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr Mansford, R.M., Thomas Lambert, for drunkenness in Mount street, was fined 5s with the usual alternative, and for using obscene language forty eight hours’ imprisonment. James Pickup, a seaman belonging to the ship Sir Launcelot, pleaded guilty to deserting from the vessel on the 7th inst., and was sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment with hai*d labor, and Daniel Norman, a seaman belonging to the ship Oxford, for wilful disobedience of lawful commands, was ordered to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for fourteen days.

The following, from a paper received by the San Francisco mail, contains welcome intelligence :—“The attempts to naturalise salmon in New Zealand and Australia are about to be continued, and under the direction and personal superintendence of Mr F. Buckland, one of. H.M.’s inspectors of fisheries, competent persons have keen occupied during the past week on the Severn, the Kibble, and the Lune in collecting ova for shipment to the Antipodes. On the two last-named rivers the collection has been fairly successful, but in the Severn, in consequence of the high water, but little spawn has yet been secured. The ova, when collected, will be shipped in the Durham, a fast steamer, which leaves London on the 20th Jamuny direct for Melbourne. ”

Messrs Reynolds and Reid, M.H.R.’s, visited Outran* on. Monday last at the request of several of the residents for the purpose of fixing on a site for the post and telegraph-offices. A difference of opinion prevails in the district on that subject, the majority of the inhabitants wishing those offices placed near the centre of the town, while those residing in the vicinity of the school reserve (the site first thought of) are anxious to have them there. The hon. gentlemen inspected the various proposed sites, including two centrally-situated, the choice of which was very liberally offered by Mr Donald Bowie to the Government free of charge. After'hearing arguments on both sides freely addressed to them by a large gathering of those interested, Mr Reynolds (during whose tenure of office the matter cropped up) stated that he would send in a report on it to his successor in the Post-master-Generalship—Sir Julius Vogel.

The inaugural address of the. Chancellor of the New Zealand University is too lengthy for us to republish,, but we make the following extracts from it: —“ I am happy to be able to state that, in all probability, the University wUI shortly be in possession of a charter from Her Majesty, directing that degrees conferred by this University shall be recognised in Great Britain. . I placed myself in communication with the Registrar of the University of London, so soon as I could get the necessary explanatory documents printed, on the subject of the appointment of examiners for B. A. degrees. My letter and the accompanying papers were posted on July 2 last, I have, however, as yet received no reply from the Registrar, but I have received a private letter from Dr Hector, informing me that he had been in communication with Dr Carpenter, the Registrar, from whom he learned that the enclosures which had accompanied my letter had not at that time (Nov. 10) reached their destination. Dr Hector tells mo further, thut the Senate do not appear disposed to appoint examiners, but will, in his opinion, be ready to furnish a list of examiners recommended for the various subjects, the actual appointment being made by this Senate, who will be wholly responsible for fhe conduct and quality of the examination. The University of London, it appears, always appoint two conjoint examiners in. each subject, and rather prefer to appoint professors and teachers as examiners, the candidate being passed only when both examiners agree. . . Two gentlemen who matriculated to the University of Otago previous to the affiliation of that body to this University have become qualified' to obtain the B.A. degree. It therefore will bo for the _ Senate to take their claims into consideration,”

An inquest on the body of David Hamilton, late steward of the Comerang, was held at the Bluff on the 6th inst. The principal evidence was given by James Taylor, who stated that on the afternoon of the 23rd ult. deceased told him that he had been apprehended for an unnatural offence, and that it was not true. He was calm and collected,' and did not appear to be the least cut up at the charge. Constable Sullivan, who arrested accused said, “ He did not seem excited when the warrant was read, but as cool and collected as at any other time. Having known him for several years, and Boeinguim as he was, I had no. suspicion that be would attempt to escape. He apappeared quite sober. The he accused in the offence for which he was

m charge, was in my opinion, <ina that of the hsagistrate, verv trivial, woic-ii probably caused mo to allow Lima itJe latitude.” For some time the jurv were unable to agree to a verdict, but the evidence of Captain Best abd tyov entry tendered afterwards,which; -was o tae effect that deceased had proTiobsly s lown mdicationa of insanity, induced%nem sanity.” 111 & Verdict of “ Tempdrary ,iu-

Some important matters came before the Waste Laxjd Board this morning. The Executive sent up a minute suggesting the appointment of a permanent auctioneer to the St t> the appointment of h!r ; B. B.3lartin to,the office.. JMr Jamea, miS er ’f T?° Sf 818 P ast conducted most of the Board s sales in Dunedin, was was in attendance, and his protest against umamiess of deciding the matter offhand without allowing the various auctioneers in town an opportunity of competing for the work, had the effect of inducing the Board to postpone the making of any appointment for a week. Next,' the South Dutiedin Municipality brought under the Board’s notice the damage done to the streets in the municipality by the heavy traffic over them caused by the cartage of sand from the Uceau Beach to 'town.' It was stated that four hundred loads of sand were weekly carted from the sandhills. The proposal of the municipality that a royalty should be charged to compensate for the injury done to the roads met with no favor from the Board, the members of which seemed to think the removal of the sand was a positive benefit, and therefore should not be checked. Inspector Power transmitted a highly-gratifying report on the state of the deferred payment sections in Glenkenioh and Green Vale Hundreds; Lastly, the City Council wrote pointing out that the supply of rubble from the bed of the Water-of-Leith, so much required for works of city improvement, would seon be exhausted if the material were removed indiscriminately; wherefore, the Corporation asked the Board, as the body under whose control the river bed is, to at once prevent , private persons from taking the rubble, and. to grant to the Council the exclusive privilege of using it for City purposes. The Chief Commissioner and the majority qf the Board were strongly, of opinion that the exclusive privilege should * not be enjoyed by the Corporation, but that private persons should be at liberty to remove rubble in reasonable quantities from the stream s bed, under proper supervision, •cronx th.6 discussion that took place it «vppeared that the Board would, if good reasons fordoing so were advanced, be inclined to meet the Corporation’s wishes.

The Dunedin.Young Men’s Cnrist-an Arso ciation purpose holding special meetinis. f r men only, every eve iug (except Saturday) next wrekm toe Tempeiaace halL As this serins to us to be sometCing like the work for wn.ca such asnociati in a e calLj.i into txUtence, we not e their efforts will be successful L y d Pionser Lodge, P.otetaut Alliance, .rmeeting in the Tempo ance Had on Monday i.ight, but the attendance was not large. A considerable amount of discnssion took place relative to the funds of the lod ;e, and to a new lodge to be open dt’ is » eek m North Dunedin, which is likely to be very sue ess ul. ,

During the sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday the Commissi -ner of Police ex pressed the opinion that the present f-y-tfin had worked very well inasmuch as su ; stantial comfor able hostelr es had in most in stances taken the place of inferiory*built houses. In proof of this, we need only point ®f the hotels which hive recently extensive alterations, or been en tt; ely rebuilt. Some of these have, from timto time received passing n tice in these Columns. Wo have now to make mention of the and a Id'.tions to the Bull and Mouih Hotel in Mac’aggan street. viHtich Mr Jaoobs has co-verted into one of the most commodious and convenient hosto'ries in the City Mr KiuU in George street, MrPeuy and Mr Latnpbe 1 in Maelagg.m street, contemplate alterations ai d additions to thei- p-emiaes.